Kidney Week 2015 Plenary Sessions

Janos Peti-Peterdi, MD, PhD, will receive the ASN-AHA Young Investigator Award for his groundbreaking research on CKD. He will describe his recent findings in an address: Renal Physiology Is Key to Understand and Augment Nephron Repair.

The genomics of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) will be the subject of the Michelle P. Winn, MD, Endowed Lectureship on Saturday, Nov. 7. The internationally recognized investigator Corinne Antignac, MD, PhD, will be the speaker.

Acclaimed researcher Dontscho Kerjaschki, MD, will receive the Homer W. Smith Award and deliver an address on “The Podocyte: From Periphery to Center Stage.“ Dr. Kerjaschki chairs the department of pathology at the Medical University of Vienna.

Isidro B. Salusky, MD, will share the results of his current research into the role of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) mineral and bone disorder as well as the impact of therapies to treat the disorder on FGF23 production.